Economics for the Intelligent Amateur

US Markets

DJIA10564.38chart+11.86
NASDAQ2340.68chart+0.00
S&P 5001140.44chart+0.00
2010-03-09 16:03

Intl. Markets

FTSE5608.78chart+6.48
DAX5895.59chart+9.70
Nikkei10563.92chart-3.73
2010-03-10 05:45

Commodity Futures

Oil81.55chart+0.06
Gold1126.75chart+0.00
Copper2.95chart+0.03
2010-03-10 05:50

Treasury Yield

13 Weeks0.15chart-1.35
5 Year2.34chart-21.04
10 Year3.70chart-33.31
2010-03-09 14:59

Exchange Rates

JPY90.44chart+0.00
EUR0.74chart+0.00
GBP0.67chart+0.00
2010-03-10 05:59

Money Saving

Invisible Hand at Hand »

We have another program we are happy to introduce and, although we don’t usually judge a book by its cover, we’re all the more happy to do so because of its name.
Invisible Hand is a program that can be downloaded and remains, true to its name, invisible most of the time. Only when [...]

Human Cleaning Opinion Resources »

More Resources, this time on getting humans, on how to clean, and on opinions. As always, these will be featured in our Resources page:

GetHuman : If you’re tired of calling customer service only to have a recording ask you to press this and that and then put you on hold, just follow these steps to [...]

The Wisdom of Crowdsurfing »

If you’ve traveled recently, chances are you’ve booked something online. If you booked something online, chances are you visited kayak.com, travelocity, expedia, orbitz, or some variation thereof. If you’ve used these sites more than once, chances are you’ve noticed they tend to have more or less the same prices.
Airfarewatchdog.com is a slightly different variation, [...]

Sharing is Profitable »

Do you need a good drill for one job but don’t think it’s worth buying one? Would you like to show up at a dinner driving a motorcycle? Do you have season passes you won’t be using for a couple months?
Zilok.com is a website with the elementary but ingenious idea of letting users rent [...]

Visa Discounts, Coupons and Savings »

For those of you who like a good deal, we’d like to point out Visa’s Online Discount Shopping site. We like it for several reasons:

Since they’re all through Visa you can be sure they’re legit, and
You don’t need to book with your Visa card, or even own a Visa card, to get these discounts.

We also [...]